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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-11 01:36 PM
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Springfield (MA) diocese seeks court order to end vigil
The Associated Press
Published: Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:29 p.m.

HOLYOKE, Mass. - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield is going to court to try to end a protest vigil at a closed Holyoke church.

The diocese filed the civil action in Hampden Superior Court this week against several parishioners holding the vigil since June at Mater Dolorosa church. A hearing is scheduled Wednesday.

The diocese says the steeple is unsafe and cannot be repaired while people are inside the church. The vigil group says a structural engineer it hired found the repairs needed are relatively minor ...

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20111008/APN/1110080674?Title=Springfield-diocese-seeks-court-order-to-end-vigil
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-11 01:48 PM
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1. This thing has been going on for a LOOOOOOOONG time.
I think folks need to start bringing their Flip-type cameras to church....just in case!
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